November 16, 2010

A magazine is not a mirror.  Have you ever seen anyone in a magazine who seemed even vaguely like you looking back? (If you have, turn the page.)  Most magazines are made to sell us a fantasy of what we're supposed to be.  They reflect what society deems to be a standard, however unrealistic or unattainable that standard is. That doesn't mean you should cancel your subscription.  It means you need to remember that its just ink on paper.  And that whatever standards you set for yourself, for how much you want to weigh, for how hard you work out, or how many times you make it to the gym, should be your standards.  Not someone else's. ~ Unknown

July 11, 2010

Civilized society, especially in its records, is fundamentally dependent on the use of paper. -- Pliny (from "Natural History")